Celebrating achievements and milestones is a universal aspect of human culture, making “congratulations” one of the most positive and widely used expressions across languages. This expression conveys joy and approval for someone’s success or good fortune. Just as “yes” has its own unique rendition in various languages, so does the expression of goodwill and celebration.
Here is a list of how to say “congratulations” in 70 different languages:
- Albanian (🇦🇱) – Urime | Pronunciation: Oo-ree-meh
- Arabic (Standard) (🇸🇦) – مبروك (Mabrouk) | Pronunciation: Mah-brook
- Armenian (🇦🇲) – Շնորհավորում եմ (Shnorhavorum em) | Pronunciation: Shnohr-hah-voh-room em
- Azerbaijani (🇦🇿) – Təbrik edirəm | Pronunciation: Teh-breek eh-dee-rem
- Basque (🇪🇸) – Zorionak | Pronunciation: Zoh-ree-on-ak
- Belarusian (🇧🇾) – Віншую (Vinshuyu) | Pronunciation: Vin-shoo-yoo
- Bengali (🇧🇩) – অভিনন্দন (Abhinandan) | Pronunciation: Oh-bhee-non-don
- Bosnian (🇧🇦) – Čestitam | Pronunciation: Che-stee-tam
- Bulgarian (🇧🇬) – Поздравления (Pozdravleniya) | Pronunciation: Poz-drahv-leh-nee-ya
- Catalan (🇪🇸 – Catalonia) – Felicitats | Pronunciation: Feh-lee-see-tats
- Czech (🇨🇿) – Gratuluji | Pronunciation: Grah-too-loo-yee
- Danish (🇩🇰) – Tillykke | Pronunciation: Til-ly-keh
- Dutch (🇳🇱) – Gefeliciteerd | Pronunciation: Geh-feh-lee-see-teerd
- English (🇺🇸 / 🇬🇧) – Congratulations | Pronunciation: Kuhn-grach-oo-lay-shuhns
- Estonian (🇪🇪) – Õnnitlused | Pronunciation: Er-nit-loo-sed
- Farsi (Persian) (🇮🇷) – تبریک (Tabrik) | Pronunciation: Tah-breek
- Finnish (🇫🇮) – Onnittelut | Pronunciation: Oh-nee-tay-loot
- French (🇫🇷) – Félicitations | Pronunciation: Fey-lee-see-tah-syohn
- Georgian (🇬🇪) – გილოცავ (Gilotsav) | Pronunciation: Gee-lo-tsahv
- German (🇩🇪) – Glückwünsche | Pronunciation: Glueck-woon-sheh
- Greek (🇬🇷) – Συγχαρητήρια (Syncharitiria) | Pronunciation: Sin-hah-ree-tee-ree-ah
- Hebrew (🇮🇱) – מזל טוב (Mazal Tov) | Pronunciation: Mah-zahl Tov
- Hindi (🇮🇳) – बधाई (Badhai) | Pronunciation: Buh-dhaa-ee
- Hungarian (🇭🇺) – Gratulálok | Pronunciation: Grah-too-lah-lok
- Icelandic (🇮🇸) – Til hamingju | Pronunciation: Til hah-ming-yoo
- Indonesian (🇮🇩) – Selamat | Pronunciation: Seh-lah-mat
- Irish Gaelic (🇮🇪) – Comhghairdeas | Pronunciation: Koh-gar-das
- Italian (🇮🇹) – Congratulazioni | Pronunciation: Kon-grah-too-lah-tzee-oh-nee
- Japanese (🇯🇵) – おめでとう (Omedetou) | Pronunciation: Oh-meh-deh-toh
- Kazakh (🇰🇿) – Құттықтаймын (Quttyqtaymyn) | Pronunciation: Koot-tyk-tai-muhn
- Khmer (Cambodian) (🇰🇭) – សូមអបអរសាទរ (Soum Abaor Saat) | Pronunciation: Sohm ah-poh sah-tahr
- Korean (🇰🇷) – 축하합니다 (Chukahamnida) | Pronunciation: Choo-kah-ham-nee-dah
- Kurdish (🇮🇶 / 🇸🇾 / 🇹🇷 / 🇮🇷) – Pîroz be | Pronunciation: Pee-rohz beh
- Kyrgyz (🇰🇬) – Куттуктайм (Kuttyktaym) | Pronunciation: Koot-took-taim
- Lao (🇱🇦) – ຂອບໃຈ (Khob chai) | Pronunciation: Khoab jai
- Latvian (🇱🇻) – Apsveicu | Pronunciation: Ap-svee-tsoo
- Lithuanian (🇱🇹) – Sveikinu | Pronunciation: Svey-kee-noo
- Luxembourgish (🇱🇺) – Gratulatioun | Pronunciation: Grah-too-lah-ti-oon
- Macedonian (🇲🇰) – Честитки (Cestitki) | Pronunciation: Che-stee-tkee
- Malay (🇲🇾 / 🇮🇩) – Tahniah | Pronunciation: Tah-nee-yah
- Maltese (🇲🇹) – Prosit | Pronunciation: Pro-sit
- Mandarin Chinese (🇨🇳) – 恭喜 (Gōngxǐ) | Pronunciation: Gong-shee
- Marathi (🇮🇳) – अभिनंदन (Abhinandan) | Pronunciation: Ah-bhee-nun-dun
- Mongolian (🇲🇳) – Баяр хүргэе (Bayar khürgee) | Pronunciation: Bai-yahr hoor-geh
- Nepali (🇳🇵) – बधाई (Badhai) | Pronunciation: Buh-dhai
- Norwegian (🇳🇴) – Gratulerer | Pronunciation: Grah-too-leh-rer
- Pashto (🇦🇫) – مبارک (Mubarak) | Pronunciation: Moo-bah-rak
- Persian (Farsi) (🇮🇷) – تبریک (Tabrik) | Pronunciation: Tah-breek
- Polish (🇵🇱) – Gratulacje | Pronunciation: Grah-too-lah-tsyeh
- Portuguese (🇵🇹 / 🇧🇷) – Parabéns | Pronunciation: Pah-rah-bens
- Romanian (🇷🇴) – Felicitări | Pronunciation: Feh-lee-chee-tah-ree
- Russian (🇷🇺) – Поздравляю (Pozdravlyayu) | Pronunciation: Poz-drahv-lya-yoo
- Serbian (🇷🇸) – Честитам (Cestitam) | Pronunciation: Che-stee-tam
- Sinhala (🇱🇰) – සුබ පැතුම් (Suba pathum) | Pronunciation: Soo-bah pah-thoom
- Slovak (🇸🇰) – Blahoželám | Pronunciation: Blah-ho-zhe-lahm
- Slovenian (🇸🇮) – Čestitke | Pronunciation: Ches-tit-keh
- Somali (🇸🇴) – Hambalyo | Pronunciation: Hahm-bah-lyo
- Spanish (🇪🇸) – Felicidades | Pronunciation: Feh-lee-see-dah-des
- Swahili (🇰🇪 / 🇹🇿) – Hongera | Pronunciation: Hon-geh-rah
- Swedish (🇸🇪) – Grattis | Pronunciation: Grah-tis
- Tajik (🇹🇯) – Табрик (Tabrik) | Pronunciation: Tah-breek
- Tamil (🇮🇳) – வாழ்த்துக்கள் (Vazhthukkal) | Pronunciation: Vahzh-thoo-kal
- Telugu (🇮🇳) – అభినందనలు (Abhinandanalu) | Pronunciation: Ah-bhee-nun-dah-na-loo
- Thai (🇹🇭) – ขอแสดงความยินดี (K̄hx s̄dæng khwām yindī) | Pronunciation: Khor sdayng kwahm yin dee
- Turkish (🇹🇷) – Tebrikler | Pronunciation: Teh-breek-lair
- Ukrainian (🇺🇦) – Вітаю (Vitayu) | Pronunciation: Vee-tah-yoo
- Urdu (🇵🇰) – مبارکباد (Mubarakbaad) | Pronunciation: Moo-barak-baad
- Uzbek (🇺🇿) – Tabriklayman | Pronunciation: Tah-breek-lie-man
- Vietnamese (🇻🇳) – Chúc mừng | Pronunciation: Chook moong
- Welsh (🇬🇧 – Wales) – Llongyfarchiadau | Pronunciation: Lhon-guh-var-khiad-eye